The LDP will exclude the plan from its bill to revise the political funds control law, with the aim of passing it through the ...

Tokyo, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa on Monday apologized for thefts by a then employee of customer assets worth more than 1 billion yen in total from safe deposit boxes.

Beijing, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese movies are riding on a wave of popularity in China, despite Beijing's restrictions on ...

Fukuoka, Dec. 15 (Jiji Press)--Two junior high school students were stabbed with what appeared to be a knife by a man at a ...

Japan celebrates its matsuri, or festivals, all through the year. Here we take a look at three of these events with literally ...

It was part of meetings that the government plans to hold in all municipalities in the central Japan prefecture, except the city of Kashiwazaki and the village of Kariwa, which host the power plant, ...

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--The policy chiefs of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, ...

A survey conducted by the think tank Persol Research and Consulting of around 20,000 employees in customer-facing professions ...

This figure, a national treasure, is housed in the Nara Prefecture temple Kōfukuji. Demons like this are normally shown being ...

Shizuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Shizuoka prefectural government Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, have agreed ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that holding hearings of a parliamentary ...